I've probably said this before but I don't get in the shop much during the summer months. For one, it's just too darn hot. We have a fairly large yard  that requires a lot of maintenance and a couple other hobbies, metal detecting and reading(napping) on the patio keep me busy. Its time to get back at it. The honey farm ordered 25ea. decorative jar lids in two different sizes and 25 dipper lids. Fortunately, I had turned them all in the spring and seal coated them. All I had to do was sand and top coat them.

 

 

She also wanted an assortment of ornaments for the Christmas season. Not the best picture but you've seen them before.

 

 

I did start on a project just for fun, something I've had it in my mind to do for a long time. A traditional Native American Style flute. This one is a learning project and a work in progress. If I keep this one, the rubber band will be replaced with a leather cord or something similar. For the record, I will never be mistaken for a musician.

 

 

I'm also slated to do the Demo for our Oct. wood turning club meeting so I'll start prepping that in the next week or so. The president's challenge this month is to turn something multi-axis so I'm going to turn an offset pendant. It's a simple little two axis project but there are some good techniques involved and it's a great way to use up small cutoffs. It's also a good skill builder.

 

Finally! One more picture and not even about wood turning. My best metal detecting find this summer. Unbelievably, I found it in our back yard. How it got there would be something to know for sure. The inscription is in Latin and the translation is in the print. A 1929 British penny. Hope this doesn't get me booted!!

 

Nice work and I'm right there with you Steve.  Haven't done much all Summer and need to get back into it.  That British penny is quite the find. 

2 hours ago, Steve Krumanaker said:

For the record, I will never be mistaken for a musician.

Heck, I can't even play the radio!

 

Great looking projects. I really love the "Bee" stuff.

Great line up of projects there Steve! Thanks for sharing as always. I love those offset pendants, and the Native flute is cool as all get out, that is something I've wanted to do as well, specially something associate with our Pacific Northwest Natives.

Like you, the heat has been keeping me out of the shop unless I absolutely have too. We are in the 108's to 112's with high humidity right now, even at that today I need to go out and finish our daughters wedding cross.

 

So glad to hear you got repeat business for the dip lids and jars, that is really wonderful.

That is quite a jump start for the shop. My wife just had to have a flute about 25 years ago and I made a box to fit the one she bought. Don't think she had picked it up in 20 years.